get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. >> it is a quarter after the hour. here's what you missed while you were sleeping. a grand jury not indicting a driver that was hit by a train killing four veterans. the driver drove a truck pulling the float on to train tracks in november despite warning bells and lights going off. investigators are looking into if the system's warning was too short. mitch mcconnell is on his way to afghanistan. during his meeting with hamid karzai. he will go over later this week. they want to pull troops out of afghanistan by 2014 s. karzai has not said how many troops he would like to stay. >> a situation has gone from bad to worse. al huge number of flu cases springing up. they are straining emergency rooms all over. boston has declared a you be public health emergency after 18 deaths there. we are live at massachusetts general hospital. good morning, katherine. what can you tell us about the situation being so bad there? >> good morning. pu